Butcher Paper Craft Ideas for the Holidays

Now that the holidays are here it’s a better time than ever to get some butcher paper and make some great homemade arts and crafts. It can also be a great time to save money and spend time with the family. Butcher paper allows you to create things like wrapping paper and holiday wall decorations that may normally cost a bunch of money at the store.

Custom wrapping paper is one of the more exciting things you can do with butcher paper for the holidays. You can basically create any kind of design you want for wrapping paper by using paint, stickers, stamps or any other type of marking on butcher paper and then using it to wrap presents.  This is a great way to get your kids involved with wrapping presents for family members or friends as they will have a blast drawing on the paper and then being able to give it to people they care about.

Butcher paper can also be used to make festive decorations around the house or the classroom for the holidays. Start with butcher paper in your favorite holiday colors and then use things like stickers or paints to make designs on the paper. Butch paper is durable and easy to hang to is great for placing on the front door, walls or anywhere else where you are looking to place custom and affordable holiday decorations. Butcher paper allows you to create the holiday looking you have always been looking for.

Classroom Decorations Made Easy with Butcher Paper

Elementary school teachers have known for years that butcher paper is a great tool for creating classroom decorations. It can be used along walls to show numbers and letters as wells as classroom events and important information for the students. Butcher paper can also be used for art projects that help the kids learn to cooperate and work together to make interesting ideas come to life. The following are a couple of projects that would be great for early year students.

Cartoon People - A fun and great way to put butcher paper to use is to create life-sized figures of yourself or people you know. Roll the paper out on the floor then lay down on the paper while someone else traces your body outline with a pencil. Color the picture using paints, crayons or markers. After the piece has been colored, cut it out and hang it on a door, or line a classroom wall with the "students."

History Lessons - Create a timeline for the period your classroom is studying in history. Tape the butcher paper along an entire wall of the room. Divide the students into sections, whether that is by decade, event or year and have them create events that are important in history. Another way to involve all of the students is to put a couple in charge of making the line and dates along the paper then assigning individual students to particular time frames. The students can then draw pictures of memorable events or write a short paragraph about them above each date.

Cool Butcher Paper Art Projects

A roll of butcher paper can be an enormous benefit to classrooms or homes looking for ways to create cool art projects. Butcher paper is a great way to get creative and construct designs that come straight from the imagination instead of through electronics like TV and video games. The following are some general ideas to help get started on some creative projects that use butcher paper.

Custom Wrapping - Butcher paper can be made into new useful material with just a few simple touches. Cut a few potatoes or sponges in half then carve a simple shape like a star or moon into them. Pour small amounts of paint into shallow dishes so that you can dip stamping tools, i.e., the sponge or potato, into the paint then transfer the image onto the paper. Cover as much or as little of the paper as you desire. When it dries, the personalized butcher paper is ready to use as wrapping paper for birthdays, Christmas or as general decoration.

Seascapes - This project will require several days of work, but is a great way to occupy a large chunk of time. Roll out a 6-foot piece of butcher paper and cut. Secure the ends of the paper to a long craft table with tape. Lightly color the bottom half of the paper (length wise) dark blue. Then color the top half a very light blue. When finished, color in sea animals along the bottom half, applying a lot of pressure with the oil pastels in order to make thick figures. Repeat this along the top half by coloring the sun, birds and clouds. Once the drawing is complete, use light-colored paint to color over the entire piece of butcher paper. After it dries, take toothpicks and Popsicle sticks to reveal many of the pictures underneath.

Back to School

{We can help you cover your plain classroom walls!}

It will be back to school time before you know it, and if you are a teacher or parent that means you are likely scrambling for arts and crafts supplies. The Butcher Paper King can help!

Calling all teachers! You have to cover your classroom walls somehow, and we can help with affordable butcher paper:

·         Maps: The Butcher Paper King boasts hundreds of historical, educational and entertaining maps that combine creativity and educational information. Our maps measure 54” x 38” and are protected by durable lamination. Here are a few map selections:

o   Children’s Solar System Map

o   World Map

o   United States of America Map

o   Prehistoric World Map

o   Ancient World Map

o   Animals of the World Map

·         Puzzles: When children are putting together a puzzle, they forget they are learning at the same time! Here are a few of our available puzzles:

o   Children’s World Map Jigsaw Puzzle

o   USA Puzzle Map

·         Themes: Why stop at several arts and crafts stores when The Butcher Paper King has all of the wall decorations you need to create the themed room of your dreams. Here are a few available themes:

o   Jungle (Tropical Foliage, Bamboo, Jungle Foliage, Cheetah, Zebra)

o   Beach (Under Water Scenes, Ocean Blue, Tropical Beach Scene, Luau Background Scenes, Coral Reef)

o   New York/City Scape (Skyline, Starry Night Backdrop, Brick Wall & Street Backdrop, Rock Wall, Stone Wall Backdrop, Tu-Tone Brick, Animal & Nature Props)